Clinical neurophysiology of brain plasticity in aging brain

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 19, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 6426-6439

  Rossini, Paolo Maria ^a,b,c   Ferilli, Michela Ada Noris ^a   Rossini, Luca ^b,c   Ferreri, Florinda ^d,e  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c Casa di Cura S Raffaele   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain aging; TMS; TMS EEG

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; ACETYLCHOLINE; BACLOFEN; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE; GUANFACINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; QUETIAPINE; RIVASTIGMINE; SCOPOLAMINE; TACRINE; TIAGABINE; ZOLPIDEM;

AGING; ALPHA CHAIN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW RESOLUTION BRAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONREM SLEEP; PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84887947847     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612811319360004     Document Type: Article

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